Job Interview DisastersThe boss showed me the shop floor, complete with loose floor tiles, out-of-date equipment and prospective colleagues eyeing me like a raw steak. "Christ, what a craphole", I said. I think that's the moment I blew it. Tell us how you didn't get the job.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:06)
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Very trueThere's nothing like the creeping feeling when you realise that the person interviewing you for a position doesn't understand or know anything about the position other than what it says on the bit of paper in front of them.
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.Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Mon 25 Nov 2013, 11:55,
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The Job centre was worseI attempted to follow the system and locate a job through the job centre.
I identified something (web monkey) for which I was duly qualified and took the ID number to the desk.
The job centre chimp looked it up, quizzed me on why I thought I was suitable for the job.
I explained my qualifications and experience matched it perfectly and she went on about me not having the exact worded requirements for the role. If anything I was over qualified but she couldn't get past me not meeting the requirements to the letter.
I convinced her to let me "try" so she phoned the prospective employer to discuss my lack of exact match for the job spec.
By the sounds of the conversation from my side of the desk the employer put her in her place, I interviewed the same day and got the job.
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